hook

Definitions

• A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
• A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.
• Any of various hook-shaped agricultural implements such as a billhook.
• The curved needle used in the art of crochet.
• The part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.
• A loop shaped like a hook under certain written letters, for example, g and j.
• A tie-in to a current event or trend that makes a news story or editorial relevant and timely.
• A snare; a trap.
• (in the plural) The projecting points of the thighbones of cattle; called also hook bones.
• (informal) removal or expulsion from a group or activity
• (agriculture) A field sown two years in succession.
• (authorship) A brief, punchy opening statement intended to get attention from an audience, reader, or viewer, and make them want to continue to listen to a speech, read a book, or watch a play.
• (authorship) A gimmick or element of a creative work intended to be attention-grabbing for the audience; a compelling idea for a story that will be sure to attract people's attention.
• (bridge) A finesse.
• (card games) A jack (the playing card).
• (geography) A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as Sandy Hook in New Jersey.
• (music) A catchy musical phrase which forms the basis of a popular song.
• (nautical) A ship's anchor.
• (programming) Part of a system's operation that can be intercepted to change or augment its behaviour.
• (Scrabble) An instance of playing a word perpendicular to a word already on the board, adding a letter to the start or the end of the word to form a new word.
• (typography) a diacritical mark shaped like the upper part of a question mark, as in ỏ.
• (typography) a háček.